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Tinubu Meets Lawmakers-Elect, Calls for National Interest Over Partisanship

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President Bola Tinubu met with members-elect of the 10th National Assembly, urging them to put the nation ahead of party affiliations and work together to choose good leaders for both chambers. Though the meeting was behind closed doors, sources revealed that Tinubu emphasized the importance of national interest over partisanship and called for a united front among lawmakers. The president also promised an open-door policy for lawmakers, allowing them to discuss their concerns without restrictions.

Key Takeaways:

  • President Tinubu met with members-elect of the 10th National Assembly, emphasizing the need for national interest over partisanship.
  • The president assured lawmakers that he would perform an open-door policy, allowing them to discuss their concerns without hindrance.
  • Tinubu called for a united front among lawmakers, urging them to put the nation ahead of party affiliations.
  • The president said he was keen on a smooth take-off of the government with a seamless election of presiding officers for the federal legislature.
  • Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said governors across party lines had keyed into the choice of APC's consensus candidates for the incoming 10th Assembly.
  • The National Working Committee (NWC) of APC had zoned the senate presidency to the South-south and speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-west.
  • Opposition parties, led by the PDP, claimed to have the numbers to decide the elections of the presiding officers for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Statistics:

  • 179 APC candidates vs. 181 opposition party members in the House of Representatives.
  • Senator Godswill Akpabio, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Senator Barau Jibrin, and Hon. Benjamin Kalu are the APC's preferred candidates for Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker.

Sources:

  • THISDAY
  • Newspaper article citing sources that attended the meeting between President Tinubu and lawmakers-elect.
  • PDP statement on the opposition parties' readiness to decide the elections of the presiding officers.
  • APC statement on the party's choice of candidates for the incoming 10th Assembly.
  • Governor Dapo Abiodun's statement on governors' support for APC's consensus candidates.
  • National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba's statement on PDP's readiness to decide the elections.

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